Plantable wedding invitations have gone from niche to genuinely popular over the last few years – and for good reason. The idea that your guests can keep their invitation, put it into a pot of soil, and grow real wildflowers from it is a beautiful one. But not all plantable wedding stationery is made equal, and if you’ve started looking into it, you’ve probably already noticed that the quality, the design, and the story behind the paper varies enormously depending on where you buy it from.
Here’s what makes plantable wedding invitations worth choosing – and what specifically makes ours different.
1. The seed paper is made in the UK with 20 native wildflower varieties – and nobody else does that
Most seed paper sold in the UK is imported - often from overseas papermakers using generic seed mixes that may not be suited to British soil or British weather. We went a different route. Our seed paper is made exclusively for A La KArt Creations by a UK papermill, in small batches, from 100% recycled cotton textile offcuts that would otherwise go to waste. It’s embedded with over 20 types of native UK wildflower seeds - species we’ve successfully grown ourselves: marigold, poppies, clover, blue cornflower, daisy, forget-me-not, birdsfoot trefoil, and white campion - among others.
We test every batch before it goes anywhere near a printing press. We’ve been doing this for over five years. The seeds are fresh, active, and proven. Sprouts typically appear within 7 days when the instructions are followed.
It matters because a plantable invitation that doesn’t grow is worse than no plantable invitation at all. Ours grow. We’d stake the business on it.
2. Your guests actually grow something – here’s what happens after the wedding
This is the part that catches people by surprise. Your guests receive a beautiful, fully personalised invitation. They RSVP, they come to your wedding, they have the best day. And then, weeks later, they tear up the invitation, press it into a pot of compost on their windowsill, and watch wildflowers grow from it.
Poppies, cornflowers, ox-eye daisies, forget-me-nots - the kinds of flowers that bees and butterflies rely on - blooming in spring and summer from a card that arrived in the post months earlier.
It turns a piece of stationery into something guests genuinely keep and use. We've had couples tell us their guests mentioned growing their invitation for months after the wedding. That's the kind of lasting impression most stationery will never make.
3. Every wedding invitation is fully personalised – not just a template with your name dropped in
One of the things couples tell us they find frustrating about ordering stationery online is that it can feel very templated – like a hundred other couples have had exactly the same invitation with different names swapped in. That’s not how we work.
Every order comes with free design creation. We build your invitation from scratch using your wording, your details, your chosen font from our range of beautiful calligraphy and modern typefaces. You see a mock-up before anything goes to print – every time, without exception. And if you want changes – to the layout, the wording, the font, anything – you get unlimited amends until it’s exactly right. We don’t charge extra for that. It’s just how we do things.
The paper is handmade so no two sheets are completely identical – there’s a texture and warmth to it that no mass-produced paper can replicate. Your guests will notice the difference the moment they hold it.
4. Everything matches – from save the dates to thank you cards
One of the things that gets overlooked when ordering wedding stationery from multiple places is consistency. The font on the invitations doesn’t quite match the font on the place cards. The paper tone is slightly different. The design feels like it almost goes together, but not quite. It’s the detail that you only notice once everything has arrived and it’s too late to change it.
Because everything we make comes from the same studio, on the same seed paper, with the same font options, your whole suite coordinates without you having to manage it. Save the dates, invitations, evening reception invitations, order of service, menus, place cards, table numbers, seating plan, thank you cards – all of it made to match, all of it plantable. From the very first piece of post your guests receive to the thank you card that arrives after the honeymoon.
5. You’re talking to the person who makes your order – not a customer service inbox
A La KArt Creations is a small, family-run studio in Kent. When you get in touch - whether it’s a question before you order, a tweak to your mock-up, or something you need quickly - you’re talking to me, Kitti. I make your stationery, I check every order before it leaves, I answer your messages. There’s no queue, no ticket system, no three-day response time.
I know wedding planning is overwhelming and stationery is often the thing that gets left to the last minute while everything else gets sorted. So if you’re ordering with a tighter timeline than you’d like, get in touch before you order and we’ll figure out what’s possible. I’ve turned orders around faster than quoted more times than I can count when couples have needed it.
Hundreds of five-star reviews across Etsy and Shopify. Recommended supplier to wedding venues across the UK. But more than any of that - repeat customers who come back for every event in their lives because they know what they’re going to get.
Ready to see what your invitations could look like?
Browse the full range of plantable wedding stationery. If you’re not sure which design is right for your wedding, drop me a message and I’ll help you find it. There’s no obligation and no hard sell - just a conversation about what you’re looking for.
We recommend getting in touch at least 4–6 weeks before you need your invitations. If your timeline is tighter than that, get in touch anyway - we’ll always do our best.
